About 600

Ladies, let me tell you a little secret if you ever want to look like a sex GOD. You first of all, before trying any fade dieting, to ever see the real effects, if any at all, you MUST clean out your liver. With all the crap you have eaten, the liver acting as the engine filter must be cleaned. This can take a gruelling 2-3 weeks and is the toughest part of the lot. Its also the least talked about as diet companies and all the other scammers want you to go on these diets etc knowing full well you will be back to square one soon.

If you try this, its not going to be the best 2-3 weeks of you life but the rewards are great. Basically a master detox and then try you alternate day eating when your body is cleansed.

Google, raw food diet, stick to it for 2 weeks, plan well ahead so you have options to eat and are not then tempted to break it. After a week, you will notice so much difference within you and coming out of you! You will have incredible energy. This involves no cooked foods or any meat fish, grains etc.

Then aim for a 10 day detox (google master cleanse) Of course this is EXTREMELY difficult so maybe aim for 2-3 days and break it with something to eat, although light bites and no meats. Again plan ahead and buy in what is needed so you are not tempted to break with the excuse of not having the ingredients. If you can complete this, dont rush back into eating big meals quickly for obvious reasons as you could do damage to your system after breaking away from foods for quite a long time.

Now, once again this is not easy but if you can stick it out and then try your diet, mixed in with 3 if able to 4, 20 minute good intense workouts every week you CAN get into the best shape of your life, shape you never thought possible. Not hours of endless excercise's or hours on a treadmill, SHORT INTENSE TARGETED routines. In 3-4 months you WILL NOT KNOW YOURSELF.

I ususally charge for this exclusive info but I felt sorry reading some of your middle aged depressing tales.

ok lets post some fasting meals at 600 cals per meal

rayzor

whatyour starting weight though ?5lb not to be sniffed at

momm,

Of course that is ok sir.

Anthelme Brillat-Savarin's  phrase "Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es" "Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are." is a motto that stands the test of time. Food is one of the most important areas of a humans life yet so little is actually taught in school about this area. A disturbing thought when you consider the rising rates of obesity and illnesses/deaths related to the abuse of foods. However, a more sinister way of looking at this neglect by governments around the world is the money making machines known as pharmaceutical companies and thus the power they hold. However, that is off topic and we could go on all night.   


You are right to question me, I trust myself first and foremost. However, if you question me, do you in turn not question who wrote that?

Today we eat more and more junk food and are willing to stick food in our mouth without question. Look, there's a burger, it can keep for 3 months without going of and I can microwave it in seconds and its ready. Today foods are littered with chemicals, additives, and preservatives to name a few. Many of which have names when reading can often be hard to pronounce, far from the natural fresh food are bodies are designed for. "We are what we eat". I am in the believers 100% down the line all these chemicals and treatments are food suffer before we eat it is directly linked to the problems that the population now suffer. How can anyone be so sure they cause no long term effects?

Now, these chemicals etc are in almost everything and it is very difficult for us to avoid them but I decided to make that choice. I eat organic and I do not think of the extra expense in doing so as I see this as a lifestyle choice. Your health is your wealth another motto I shall use.

I to, like the masses ate without thinking, on the go, that looks nice, down the hatchet. Then I seen the light. 

Short term side effects include fatigue, nausea, dizziness, and dehydration, while long term harm includes loss of muscle mass.

I did say this was not easy, it is tough to break the emotional link we have ingrained in our heads with food.  You will suffer all of those things as you free yourself of all things you ate previously. All of the things your body has become addicted to will crave their fill but you must resist for the greater rewards.


Proponents claim that the diet detoxifies the body and removes excess fat. There is no scientific evidence that the diet removes any toxins, or that it achieves anything beyond temporary weight loss.

Of course it will be temporary if the person who tries it then goes back to previous eating habits. However, I used it as a lifestyle choice to kickstart me. There is no scientific evidence?, would they really want to tell the population the truth? All I can say is question everything, try it yourself and if you don't cheat, your body will tell you all the answers you need to know. To me it makes perfect sense, the body is the best computer on earth and how it functions is incredible. It can do many things and one of those things is cleansing itself if allowed to do so.

Good ahead, test yourself with 3 weeks, 2 weeks raw food in preparation of the master cleanse. Then as stated in my above post try your alternate diet, eating healthy and mixing in some exercise over 3 months and answer me back.

Quick tip to be full for the night after a 600 calorie meal.

Substitute rice/potatoes etc.. with vegetables.  I use Cauliflower rice as a starch. Takes on the flavour of anything.

one thing i did notice was i slept really well over the past few days.
probably from fatigue :)
i agree with some of the posts above , i dislike convenience food but its so damn convenient!
earlier in the year i cut all that junk out to a certain extent and it became weird walking into a store and seeing all the bright colors at the checkout, so hard to resist the constant barrage of information telling us to consume!
but i did and i felt the better for it.
however after a busy summer and a few holidays i fell back into old ways.
this brings me onto this method of consuming food.
i like the concept of it , cutting calories is obviously going to aid in weight loss but i am drawn by the idea of less food giving the digestive system a chill out.
anyways , blithering on.

i decided on soup for so called fast days , made a tasty batch of veg soup last night , thats low in calories , even with the cream ;)
also thinking that i wont have meat on these days as it would tie in with giving the digestive system time to rest , i presume meat is harder to breakdown that vegetables etc.

anyways , determined to give this a decent shot and its encouraging to read the posts on here.

will update in a few days, after the weekend.

Week four done and dusted of 5/2 ( mon, tues fasting days) although this week i had a social engagement on Monday so did Tues, Wed.Weight at the start was 12s 11lb....now 12 stone. Wife has now lost 8lb ..On Monday this is what i ate and drank...Porridge, 2 pints of ale, lasagne, ice cream, cheese and biscuits and still lost weight.Fasting days are easy peasy now and infact i now look forward to them because it gives me the discipline i need.Just as a reminder i am 6ft and not not overweight.

Had a fast day on Tuesday:
morning - a couple of coffees and a banana
late lunch was a glass of V8
dinner - 3 fresh sardines and half a grilled aubergine.
Loads of water seems to help eliminate hunger pangs.

Having another fast today:
So far 2 coffees and a mango
Evening meal I'm having Ramen egg noodle soup
Recipe here
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/9483381/52-diet-healthy-recipes-250-calories-or-less.html

Well done bigmo... thats a tremendous weight loss..just as an aside reading Michael Mosely's twitter account it appears he has lost enough weight now and is far less stringent with his fasting then he was at the start.

Great stuff bigmo - keep it up!

Maybe the scales you are using are f****d?

I'm fasting 2 days (600 cals) and then eating and drinking normally the other 5. That means drinking a bottle of wine and a few cans most nights. Also eat big meals, crisps, chocolate etc throughout the day.

After two weeks I haven't lost any weight or gained any weight - it's been static. The up side of this is that without the fasting days my weight would have undoubtedly increased. It has been increasing slowly for months. So I've stopped the rot. Just need to ease off on the cals on my 5 'eating days' to tip the balance and start reducing weight.

If you can cut down a little on your normal days stevie_p I'm sure you'll find the weight start to come off.Good luck.

first fast day sept 6th

have fasted every other day bar 1 only water / tea for 24 hours

tore my hamstring 5 a side so zero activity

on eating days have had 2 indian takeaways 1 chinese been out for 6/7 pints twice

weighed myself mon 10th 15 stone 5lb

today 15 stone exactly

Boots in store scales  very pleased

Brilliant thread! Makes for great reading

My biggest enemy is sugar, bloody addicted to the stuff. If I fast, Im worried the sugar craving might kick in even more and have me running to the shops for sweet snacks. Always have sweet food(choccy bars, biscuits etc) in the cupboard, any idea what I can replace them with when the discipline is low? Cheers guys

Monday has been my fast day this week.

Breakfast some black coffee and a banana
Lunch - miso soup
Dinner - small portion of pasta with a tin of sardines in tomato sauce.

I'm 6'3" and since I've started I've dropped 4lbs to 15st.
Weight loss wasn't really my goal, but I've decided this week to make my target 14st 7lbs
after finding out that this was my ideal weight for height and age.
Feeling much much better with more energy which was the primary aim!

are you a bird chicken dinner?

I associate diets with women

real men eat meat and eggs

Nice one twizzle and tell the misses well done from me she's doing really well. Day 45 for me and I had it in my head this would be the week that I hit a no loss. Shouldn't have worried as I lost 5lbs and brings my total loss to 1 stone 11 lbs.Can't remember the last time I was 15st 12lbs.Another nice thing is my son bought me a T shirt a couple of years ago which I couldn't wear as it's a medium and got forgotten about.Got into it this week.
Slight downer, been taking a photo each week and put on a top with horizontal stripes for the pic. Makes me look a right fat bstard. I wont make that mistake again.
Good luck everyone on this.

I love this 5/2 regime.

I find the 2 days of fasting (600 cals) easy now. Enjoy my other days of feasting. Weight has remained pretty stable. If I hadn't been on the 5/2 it have definately increased.

Quite prepared to do this long term as there is no calorie counting on the feast days.